Re: [NTG-context] Hebrew vowel placement in ConTeXt. (Rik Kabel)
Thank you very much for the reply. I switched to ConTeXt standalone and now it is working. Best, Michael This works: \usemodule[simplefonts] \definefontfeature[hebrew][default][script=hebr,ccmp=yes] \setmainfont[Ezra SIL SR][features=hebrew] \setupdirections[bidi=on] \starttext בְרֵאשִ֖ית בָרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ \stoptext BTW what is the \definefontfamily syntax that would work with \setupbodyfont in the new post-simplefonts era? Best, Michael PS Just FYI here is what I had been working with: What platform are you using, what version of Ezra SIL SR (likely 2.51, but worth asking)? I am using linux (ubuntu 14.04) fonts-sil-ezra package Package fonts-sil-ezra: i 2.51-8 trusty 500 (I presume this means version 2.51.) I am using the current ppa:reviczky/context-daily version of context: ConTeXt ver: 2014.03.25 16:58 MKIV beta fmt: 2014.5.1 int: english/english Here is the error message that I was receiving (when I include script=hebr): + /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/third/simplefonts/t-simplefonts.lua)error: /usr/share/texmf/tex/context/base/font-otn.lua:805: attempt to call upvalue 'getprop' (a nil value) May I bump? The following code used to work, but now it gives an error: \usemodule[simplefonts] \definefontfeature[hebrew][default][mode=node,script=hebr,language=dflt,mark=yes,ccmp=yes] \setmainfont[Ezra SIL SR][features=hebrew] \setupdirections[bidi=on] \starttext ?? ?? ? ?? ?? \stoptext The following variant (without script=hebr) compiles but the vowels are misplaced (not centered below the letters), which ccmp=yes (see http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/features_ae.htm#ccmp) is supposed to request: \usemodule[simplefonts] \definefontfeature[hebrew][default][mode=node,language=dflt,mark=yes,ccmp=yes] \setmainfont[Ezra SIL SR][features=hebrew] \setupdirections[bidi=on] \starttext ?? ?? ? ?? ?? \stoptext The problem in definefontfeature seems to be that the feature ccmp=yes is not taking effect, and the feature script=hebr generates an error. Thank you very much for your advice. Michael Michael, Sorry to say, no problem here with your example, and trimming the second line even further to \definefontfeature[hebrew][default][script=hebr,ccmp=yes] still produces results with no errors and proper nikkud alignment (run on a system running Windows 8.1 x64 and ConTeXt standalone 2014-04-28 standard and jit). Similarly, no problem with traditional font definition without simplefonts. ___ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___
Re: [NTG-context] Hebrew vowel placement in ConTeXt. (Rik Kabel)
On 2014-05-03 17:16, Michael Ash wrote:
Thank you very much for the reply.
I switched to ConTeXt standalone and now it is working.
Best,
Michael
This works:
\usemodule[simplefonts]
\definefontfeature[hebrew][default][script=hebr,ccmp=yes]
\setmainfont[Ezra SIL SR][features=hebrew]
\setupdirections[bidi=on]
\starttext
?? ?? ? ?? ??
\stoptext
BTW what is the \definefontfamily syntax that would work with
\setupbodyfont in the new post-simplefonts era?
Best,
Michael
As to the by-the-way, see message 56606
http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context%40ntg.nl/msg56606.html in the
list archive. This is not the post-simplefonts solution, but the
pre-simplefonts solution. It does allow much better control over all of
the fonts that make up the typeface (using ConTeXt terminology).
The example shows what to do to set a document that is primarily Hebrew
(or other RtL script). If you want to mix directions, bidi may be a
better choice than the setupalign of the example. If you use bidi, I
suggest \setupdirections[bidi=on,method=two]. I find that without method
two, there is a problem with punctuation. In particular, the comma in
some text {\heb **}, some more text
gets set before, not after, the hebrew text.
If you set only some Hebrew/Aramaic/Arabic, and especially if you do not
need font variants (bold, italic, ...) you might prefer to define a
single font. I have used:
\definefontfeature [aramaic]
[default]
[ccmp=yes,
script=hebr]
\definefont[aramaic]%% KeterYG from
http://culmus.sourceforge.net/taamim/
[KeterYG-Medium.ttf*aramaic sa 1]
\setupdirections [bidi=on=,method=two]
\starttext
English {\aramaic ???} English again.
\stoptext
I do note as well that there is a problem in the example in the linked
message. It looks to me like the order of components is beth/shva/dagesh
(for the first letter (and beth/qamatz/dagesh for the first of the
second word), which ConTeXt sets incorrectly. When the order is changed
to beth/dagesh/qamatz-or-shva, they are set correctly. If you use vim,
the command ga will show the decomposition of the character components.
Here are the two versions of that letter, first in the order that sets
correctly:
???
and then in the order that does not:
???
--
rik
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